Re: Electric Truck

Posted by DR. EVIL on November 04, 2021 at 14:32:12 from (174.192.132.199):

In Reply to: Re: Electric Truck posted by JDB on November 03, 2021 at 19:18:40:

I had a '78 F-150 with a 300-6, it was an AMAZING ENGINE alright, Amazing I got home from anywhere I went. Had problems with the Carter YF-1 carb quite a few times, the Dura-Spark electronic ignition box just Died one day, the front disk brake calipers would get dust & dirt past the seals and sieze the pistons and eventually drag then lock the frt brakes, my brother-in-law borrowed it shortly after I did a 4 wheel brake job on it, the state inspection shop said my rear brakes were not balanced close enough, and he drove to/from Ames, Iowa with the parking brake set about 3-4 clicks, all my new brake parts looked like the nearly caught fire. The driver's door was about 3-4 inches SHORTER than the passenger door due to rust. I had to install a sheet of 3/4 marine plywood in the bed so I could haul bales of hay! The fender wells in the bed were rusted so bad the rear tires splashed mud/dirt on my outside mirrors and rear windows. The belleville spring, or diaphram spring BROKE around the outside, wouldn't release and wouldn't engage, Ford invented the LONG style pressure plate, I wanted to install one of them, but nobody made one and NOBODY, even Hot Rod Magazine's favorite engine shop refused to modify my flywheel to install one. IDIOTS! And the rear most frame crosspiece back under the tailgate rusted, the bed sides would flap around, Dad and I fixed that the Day Bill Elliott earned his name Million Dollar Bill, replaced the formed sheetmetal that rusted out with 2x4 by 1/4 wall rectangular steel. And How did FORD build a new truck without a fan shroud in 1978? Think I replaced the waterpump 3-4 times, oil pressure sender twice, the u-joints in the rear driveshaft would start chirping at me about every 40,000-50,000 miles. Brake lines started rusting out, actually had a Ford parts guy tell me I was replacing brake lines NOBODY had ever replaced. He had to special order them for me. And the automatic choke on the carb was an absolute JOKE. I filled up the gas tank one Saturday morning, picked up my buddy to drive 80-90 miles east on I-80, it was something like 5-10 degrees BELOW zero. I drove something like 35-40 minutes, had to stop to relieve ourselves and buy more coffee, I'd burned almost half a tank of gas! The engine was on the fast idle cam even though it was at operating temp, was idling about 40 mph. And the choke was partially closed. I had to buy gas around Joliet. Thats about 5 mpg. I made a cold air shield for the front side of the carb, cured most of that problem. Eventually made a black vinyl winter front for it, closed off places cold air could sneek around the grill and thru the radiator. But I eventually got it to run correctly in very cold weather. Think I put a block heater on it so it would start. Also converted it to a manual choke.
After 7 years of FIXING FORD'S SCREW-UP'S I traded it for almost an identicle truck except the '87 was EFI 300-6, still creeper low 4-spd. But after a free Ford paintjob to fix peeling / blistering paint it REALLY started rusting, traded for a '96 F-250 diesel that was actually a great truck, SON still drives it occasionally. It's getting REAL close to 320,000 miles. I put around 65,000 miles on the '78, and 121,000 miles on the '87.
In absolutely NO WAY would I ever consider buying another truck with a 300-6, or a '78 F-150, I might consider another '96 or '97 PSD, have to be a ZF-5 speed. I will say this, I smile every time I get in my 2018 RAM 1500 with the 5.7L Hemi. It averages 16 mpg on short 5 mile trips, and I've got 22 mpg with it drafting a very similar Ram 1500, at 80 mph for over 120 miles. It tows like a freight train, 395 hp and 410#/ft of torque. Neither one of my 300-6's ever got over 14. Diesel went over 10,000 miles one summer getting 20 mpg or more.

I really feel sorry for Ford. They keep trying to sell electric cars. Son bought a brand new 2018 Mustang GT 5.0L V8 & 6 spd trans. Had to get the transmission replaced, common problem with synchro's. The engine was mechanically very noisey, warranty close to expiring, traded for a 2021 Explorer ST, the 400 hp V-6 real noisey on cold start-up after 10,000 miles, complete new crate engine installed under warrantee at 12,000 miles. I think Ford has forgot how to build a real car! I will not buy an electric car, I may want to make a 1000 mile road trip and refuse to worry about how many miles I can go before I have to recharge a battery. Don't laugh, I've been to BOTH coasts in the last ten years. I'm just waiting for an excuse to go again.
And yes, I find this electric F100 really homely.

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